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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : proh-gram, -gruh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈproʊ græm, -grəm

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Définition of program

Origin :
  • 1630s, "public notice," from Late Latin programma "proclamation, edict," from Greek programma "a written public notice," from stem of prographein "to write publicly," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + graphein "to write" (see -graphy).
  • General sense of "a definite plan or scheme" is recorded from 1837. Meaning "list of pieces at a concert, playbill" first recorded 1805 and retains the original sense. That of "objects or events suggested by music" is from 1854. Sense of "broadcasting presentation" is from 1923. Computer sense (noun and verb) is from 1945. Spelling programme, established in Britain, is from French in modern use and began to be used early 19c., originally especially in the "playbill" sense. Program music attested from 1877.
  • noun agenda, list
  • noun scheme, plan
  • noun performance in medium
  • verb plan out; supply instructions
Example sentences :
  • His program was as simple as the curriculum of a Persian youth.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The next day and the next evening Eleanore's program was carried out.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • The program of entertainment was awful enough, if deadly mediocrity is awful.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Therefore our only weapons must be our own intelligence—at least that will be the program for Eyer and me.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • He had watched a program just last month, and it had been startlingly lifelike.
  • Extract from : « Cost of Living » by Robert Sheckley
  • Such a program should be a sample of what the pupils are doing and can do.
  • Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
  • The program I have outlined is simpler in theory than in practice.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • But, in the Air Service, we have a program that I believe will be more to your liking.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • He listened in amused silence while the judge told him what the program was.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • "We have one meeting a month when we have a program," Miss Holland explained.
  • Extract from : « An American Suffragette » by Isaac N. Stevens

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